At about 50 minutes and 16 seconds, (on my version, at least) After the first bomb explodes in England, and a woman ye

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cableaddict — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 08:09 PM)

At about 50 minutes and 16 seconds, (on my version, at least) After the first bomb explodes in England, and a woman yells "Michael" -
There is a series of short cuts, and one of them can only be described as E.T. The Extraterrestrial, sitting against a wall and going up in flames. (Alive)
Seriously.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31826742/Threads - ET A.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31826742/Threads - ET B.png
Somebody HAS to explain this to me.

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greg-233 — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 11:08 PM)

A lot of toys caught fire that day. E.T. dolls were popular in the 1980s. Ten days after the attack there was a survivor sitting in the ruins with what looked like a set of Star Wars figures. I'm guessing they belonged to the survivor's dead son.

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badcommand — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 05:25 AM)

Years before DVD and stuff, even when videos and hence the Pause button were a dream, I always thought that was a person burning up. I was quite disappointed to discover it was ET.

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cableaddict — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 10:36 PM)

I guess it was the kid Michael's toy, meant to imply HE was burning without actually showing it.
Clever, but it didn't work since the image was so confusing.

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tgs333 — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 08:35 AM)

Poor Michael. He was really look forwarding to being commander of their bomb shelter.
"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."

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epa101 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 12:11 PM)

That was probably the goal. Barry Hines seems to like that sort of thing. There's a similar red herring in his film The Price of Coal, which makes you fear for the worst.

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Woodyanders — 8 years ago(February 17, 2018 01:05 PM)

I added that ET doll under movie connections for Threads on the IMDb.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

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Slatch371 — 8 years ago(March 30, 2018 12:45 PM)

Nice, woodanders.
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